#ECEB4D#ECEB4D

#ECEB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.172 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB4D
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -17.88, 73.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 75.17, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0562 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.172 109)
XYZ	xyz(65.6422, 77.7873, 18.5764)
Luminance	0.7779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB4D #4D4EEC

analogous

#EC9C4D #ECEB4D #9EEC4D

triadic

#ECEB4D #4DECEB #EB4DEC

tetradic

#ECEB4D #4DEC9C #4D4EEC #EC4D9E

square

#ECEB4D #4DEC9C #4D4EEC #EC4D9E

split-complementary

#ECEB4D #4D9EEC #9C4DEC

monochromatic

#ACAB12 #E4E218 #ECEB4D #F2F184 #F8F7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#ECEB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB4D

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB4D	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.172 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f188',
    500: '#eceb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb4d;
$custom-light: #f6f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.623,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91353,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.77785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB4D

secondary

#3031AD

accent

#0ADD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB4D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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